Photo #: 80-G-472641 Commander George L. Street III, USN, Commanding Officer of USS Tirante (SS-240) At the Washington Navy Yard, D.C., just after receiving the Navy Cross from Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal on 19 October 1945. He was awarded the medal for extraordinary ship-hunting efforts during Tirante's war patrols earlier in the year. Street also received the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepedity" in action against Japanese forces on 14 April 1945. The ribbon for the Medal of Honor is in the top row of his ribbons, immediately below his submarine service "dolphins". Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 45KB; 590 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Image Posted 24 March 2009